Cook County ISD 166

Artwork from last week’s field trip to the Art Colony is hanging for viewing in the K-2 hallway. Students enjoyed this fun chance to create art. Check it out at conferences tonight and Thursday.

LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM The ISD 166 High School Local Scholarship Program will be Wednesday, May 22 at 6:30 pm in the ACA. Thank you to the many individuals and organizations that generously provide scholarships and financial opportunities to our graduating seniors. We appreciate your support of students! (This is a change in past scholarship programs that have traditionally been during the school day. We will have this year's event in the evening in the ACA. Please join us.) Reminder to senior students that the deadline for applications is coming up soon. Most are due in the school office by 3 pm on April 9th. There are a few that are due earlier, so please pay attention to the deadlines indicated on each application.

Scholastic Book Fair Location: Sawtooth Elementary Library Dates: March 12th, 13th, and 14th Time: 3:30 to 6:30 pm

ISD 166 Parent Teacher Conferences March 11th at Grand Portage Community Center gymnasium - 1:00 to 3:00 pm March 12th and 14th at ISD 166 campus - 3:30 to 6:30 pm * Elementary teachers will be in their classrooms * Middle and High School teachers will be in the cafeteria * Special Ed teachers will be in their classrooms * K-12 specialist will be in the High School media center

Reminder that there is no school for students on Monday, March 11th.

Class registration is open for 2024-2025! 11th grade is registering March 4th - 7th. 10th grade is registering March 12th - 14th. 9th grade is registering March 19th - 21st. 8th grade is registering March 26th - 28th. Contact Ms. Kotowicz if you have questions. 387-2271 ext 404 or kkotowicz@isd166.org

This years Spring Sports meeting for all athletes 6-12th will be on March 6th at 5:30pm in the Pam Taylor Gymnasium. **6th graders are asked to come if interested in playing a spring sport (track, baseball, softball). We will decide off of those numbers if we can have a JH team. More information will follow after the meeting.

Just a reminder that the deadline for ordering elementary yearbooks is March 15th. Order forms have been sent home or you can order online. Cost is $17 each.

Congrats to our senior athletes who have committed to further their education as well as their athletic careers!🏈🎾⚾️ Arlo Christensen: Football at U of M Morris Amery Oberg: Tennis at UWS Hunter Gomez: Baseball at William Penn IA

Dear Senior Families, As you plan for your graduation and upcoming graduation parties, Jostens has a few promotions going on right now that will help you save some money in this area. In particular graduation party invitations (aka photo cards on their website). Order by March 15, 2024 and receive 20% off AND FREE Shipping when you order 50 or more invitations. Use Promo code: FREESHIP20 at checkout to redeem (the code expires on March 15, 2024 and will not work if they have a class ring, yearbook or letter jacket in the cart at the same time). Please watch for more information on cap and gown distribution dates and times. To order graduation party invitations and/or custom graduation announcements: Go to www.jostens.com Enter your school name Click on the “Graduation Tile” on the main landing page Scroll down and click “SHOP ALL GRADUATION PRODUCTS” Scroll down to the “ANNOUNCEMENTS & CARDS” section and select “Shop All”

Just a reminder that there is no school for students from February 15th through February 20th.

Congrats to our Nordic Ski team on a great season! Also congrats to one of our seniors, Olya Wright, who placed top 10 at Sections and will get to compete at the State Meet next Wednesday!

Good Luck to the Alpine Ski teams today at Sections at Giants Ridge!!

LOCAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Applications for the local scholarship program are now available in the high school media center and on the school website. Please take note of the due dates on the applications. 1. Tom Bovitz (GM Public Utilities) application is due in the high school office by March 13th. 2. Russell Ege is due April 1st. (due in the high school office by March 29th or delivered to NSFCU by April 1st. 3. Remaining local scholarship applications are due by 3 pm in the High School office on April 9th. New this year is the option to use fillable forms. Applications still need to be printed for submission to the school office. Use this link to upload the pdf files available on the school website. https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/online/sign-pdf.html

The next SAT will be Saturday Marth 9th, 8:00am at CCHS. Register online at collegeboard.org Deadline to register is February 23rd. Contact Kelly Kotowicz for more information.

ASVAB

Link for March ACT sign up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xX3WdWLa6zpKTj5pSWgNt8QM9JyTdnWy4y0bQl9quLw/edit?usp=sharing

Elementary yearbooks are now on sale. Cost is $17 each. Order forms will be sent home with students or you can order online. Please send order forms to your child's teacher or to the PK-12 office. Deadline for ordering a yearbook is March 15th.

There will be no 3/4 boys basketball practice today, January 23rd.

Cook County schools is once again looking for refs for our home basketball game on Friday January 19th. 4:45pm for JH, 6:30 (or once JH is done) for C squad, in the Y gym. This is a paid position, please email Activities Director, Marly Zimmer, mzimmer@isd166.org if interested.